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Water tanks and swimming pools can go a long way.
The aftermath of a firestorm that began in Napa Valley's Calistoga, destroying thousands of homes in the Coffey Park, Fountaingrove, Larkfield, and Mark West Estates neighborhoods, is viewed from this aerial photo taken over Coffey Park on Nov.
5, 2017. “We lost 3,000 homes in Fountain Grove and Coffey Park, and every house was just bleeding water. There's no water system that can maintain that,” said Tony Gossner, former fire chief for the city of Santa Rosa.I spoke with him last year about the hell that was the Tubbs Fire for my podcastYou can help firefighters by providing backup water for them — but it can be expensive, it requires a whole lot of space and plenty of advance planning.Cattle graze near a water tank at a ranch on June 08, 2021 in Tomales, California. In the case of a tank, make sure that it’s at least 2,500 gallons, and that it has a hookup for firefighting hoses. Different departments use different fittings, so call your local firehouse to find out which one will work with their equipment. According to L.A. County Fire, they use the national standard thread. Firefighters can draw water from both tanks and swimming pools to fill up their trucks or directly fight fire, so if you have either, make sure that they're easily accessible in the case of an emergency. One way to do that is to leave your garage door open or your back gate unlocked as a fire approaches.“If you have a pool, it's great to put a marker on your curb right next to your address with a picture of a pool or ‘pool in rear,’” said Derek Bart, a retired L.A. County Fire captain who we spoke with for the advice episode of, where we tell you how to prepare for fire. “It gives us an opportunity when we roll into an area and say, ‘Oh, we got a pool here. We can draft out this pool,’ you know?”
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